Hair waving apparatus



Nov. 23, 1937. cQNsTANTlNE 2,100,158

HAIR WAVING APPARATUS Filed March 31, 1936 PL/Uv/V CONSTANT/N6:

INVENTOR.

fiy m I ATTORNEY;

Patented Nov. 23, 1937 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 4 Claims.

This invention relates to improvements in hair waving apparatus and moreparticularly to a combined hair clamp and winding rod.

fWhen arranging a strand of hair for the forma- '.tion of a Croquignolestyle wave during a perthe strand of hair upon the winding rod, due tothethickness of the clamp and scalp protector, and the fact that afterthe winding rod is as sociated with the clamp, the same is spaced aconsiderable distance from the scalp where it remains during the heattreatment operation. Such practice causes'that portion of the strand ofhair between the scalp and the winding rod to remain straight after theformation of the wave 'which'is imparted to that portion of the strandof hair which was fully wound upon the winding rod. .It is therefore oneof the main objects of this invention to provide a method of hair wavingby which substantially the entire 7 length of a strand of hair may betightly wound l ;upon the winding rod tobe subsequently waved by theapplication of the solutions and heat treatment whichusually follow thewinding operation.

"Another object of the invention resides in a hair clampwhich includes acollapsible pin to which one end of a winding rod may be releasablyanchoredto permit the actuation of the winding rodby an operator forimparting the final tension or stretch to the wound hair, and which pinmay be swung to a collapsed out of the way position after the windingrod'has been turned to wind thereon the remaining portion of the strandof hair which permits the wound strand of hair to seat against the baseof the clamp subsequent to the application of the heating element of apermanent waving machine.

Another feature of the invention is to provide an improved hair windingapparatus of the above mentioned character which may be expeditiouslymanipulated by an operator during a permanent '1 hair waving process andwhich does not exceed incost of manufacture, that of the apparatus nowused for alike but not as efiicient purpose.

With these and other-objects in view, the invention resides in thecertain novel construction,

' combination "and arrangement "of parts, the es= sential features ofwhich are hereinafter fully described, are particularly pointed out inthe appanded claims, and are illustrated in the accompanying drawing, inwhich:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved 5 hair winding apparatusillustrating the manner in which the free end and scalp end of a strandof hair is held clamped subsequent to the initial winding operation. r

Figurez is a perspective view of the apparatus 10 showing the strand ofhair in a wound condition and about to receive its tension'al stretch.

Figure 3'is an end elevational view showing the position of the winding"rod after the tensional stretch has been imparted to the wound strand of15 7 view on the line 5-5 of Figure 3.

Figure 6 is a horizontal sectional view on the line6'6 of Figure 5.

Referring to the drawing'by reference characters the numeral 10designates a combined 25 clampgand scalp protector which includesarelatively thin rectangular shaped base ll constructed of a non-heatconducting material, one end of the base H being slotted inwardly as atl2 to provide a recess for a metal plate l3. One 30 longitudinal edge ofthe base H is provided with a' concaved :recess extending the fulllength thereof, the said recess being designated at 13-. One end of theplate l3 extends beyond there= cessed edge of the base and has pivotallyconnectedthereto as at |5,.a clamping bar I 6, the body ofthe bar beingenclosed within a rubber sleeve H. The inner side of the rubber sleeveI! coacts with the recessed edge I of the base to clamp the strand ofhair therebetween, the 40 two parts being held in clamped relation in amanner now to be explained. Pivoted to the free end of the bar it as atI8 is a pair of connecting links H], the same being disposed in spacedparallel relation so as to fit opposite sides of the 45 reduced end 20of the base ll. The other end of the links 19 have pivotedthereto, oneend of a cam'lever 2|, the pivoted end 22 of the said lever having a camportion for interlockingengagement with a recess in the base II. This 50particular construction of clamping means isiold in the art so that amore detailed explanation of'the same is :notbelieved necessary. Thefeatures involving my invention now'be explained.

The outer edge of the plate I3 is formed with an upstanding flange 23,the said flange being disposed in spaced parallel relation with respectto the adjacent end of the base i I. A portion of the flange 23 is cutaway to provide a stop shoulder 24, the said shoulder being bentinwardly toward the adjacent end of the base H to be disposed on a planeinwardly of the inner face of the flange 23. The plate 13 is secured tothe base H by a. rivet 25 which passes through the base and the metalplate I3.

Mounted in the flange 23 and adjacent wall of the base II, is a pivotpin 26 on which the lower end of an anchor pin 21 is pivotallyconnected. The base end ofthe pin 21 is disposed in the path of theshoulder 24, the said shoulder limiting the movement of thepin 21 from acollapsed position against the plate l3 to a vertical upstandingposition for the purpose to be hereinafter explained.

In use of the hair clamp and scalp protector I0, the clamping lever 2|isreleased to enable the clamping bar I6 to be swung to an openposition. The clamp W is applied to the scalp endof a strand of hair Ato be waved with the hair passing betweenthe bar l6 and'the adjacentside of the base H. Thus by closing the clamp and securing the parts inclamped position by moving the cam lever 2| to the position shown inFigure 1. the base of the strand of hair is tightly gripped. This strandof hair is now ready to be curled or wound upon the winding rod, and Ihave constructed a winding rod which is along the principle of that nowin use but which makes the same adaptable for use in association withthe hair clamp it) previously described.

The winding rod is designated in its entirety by the reference numeral28, and includes a spool shaped member 29-having a kerf 30 in one endthereof.

Fitting into the opposite end of the member 29 is a bearing member 3 I,the said hearing, member being captively connected to the member 29 forpermitting rotation of the member 29 relative to the bearing member andthis movement is limited in turning in one direction only, that is,'themember 29 is turnable in the direction of winding movement of the strandof hair A upon the rod 28. Turning movement of the member 29 relative tothe bearing'member 3! in one direction only is controlled by a ratchetmechanism 32 contained within the recessed end of the member 29. Thebearing member 3! includes an extension 33 having cross slots 34 in theouter face thereof. Pivoted to one end of j the member 29 is a clasp 35,the cross sectional contour of which conforms to that of the member 29so that the clasp 35 may be brought into 7 clamping relation withrespect to the member 29. After the hair and scalp clamp H] has been"positioned in the manner hereinbefore explained,

the operator places the free end of the strand of hair A between theclasp 35 and the'member 29 and proceeds to swing the clasp in theclamping relation with respect to the member 29! and then starts thewinding operation. The winding rod 28 is turned in the direction towardthe base of the strand of hair Aand when it reaches arpoint adjacentthebase of the strand of hair, thebearing member 3| is engaged with the pin21, the pin ,ZTbeing seated in one of the slots 34.

It will of course beunderstood that the pin 21 is swung from itsnormally collapsed position to an angular position such as shown inFigure 3 of the drawing in dotted lines. The operator now inserts a key36 into the kerf 30 to permit of the turning of the member 29 relativetothe bearing member 3| in order that a tensional stretch may beimparted to the wound hair upon the winding rod. As the member 29 isturned by the manipulation of the key 36, the pin2i moves upwardly to avertical position whereiit is engaged by the stop shoulder 24, andcontinued turning of the key 36 imparts the necessary stretch to thehair. In the method now in use, it is the practice to permit the windingrod to remain in bearings provided on the hair clamp and scalp protectorbut such practice leaves that portion of the strand of hair between thescalp and the hair wound on the rod straight after the completion of thehair waving process. Therefore, it is a feature of my invention toremove the winding spindle with the hair wound thereon from directconnection with the hair clamp l0 and this is accomplished bywithdrawing the slotted end of the winding rod 28 from the pin 27 andmanually moving the pin 21 to a collapsed position against the plate !3.The operator then proceeds to impart a further turning movement to therod 28, causing the'entire strand of hair A tobe woundon the spindle.The only portion" posed between the wound hair and the heating element,as shown in Figure 4.

From the foregoing construction and method herein'shown and described,it will be seen that the entire length of a strand of hair may be woundupon the curling rod subsequent to the application of heat and uponremoval of the spindle 28 and clamp ill from the strand of hair aperfect curl extending the'length of the strand will result.

While I have shown and described what I consider to be the mostpractical embodiment of my invention, I wish it to be understood thatsuch changes and alterations as come within the scope ofthe appendedclaims may be resorted to if desired.

Havingthus described the invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is:-

1. A hair clamping device for; use in associa V tion with a .haircurling rod including a relatively flat elongated base of heat resistingmaterial, a metal plate embedded in one end of said base and projectingtherebeyond, an upstanding flange at the outer edge of said plate inspaced relation to the adjacent end of said base, and a curling rodanchor pin pivotally mounted between said flange and adjacent end ofsaid base for lateral swinging movement to an operative upstandingposition to releasably receive one end of a curling rod, or to acollapsed out of the way position against said plate. .7

2. A hair clamping device for use in association with a hair curling rodincluding a relatively flat elongated base of heat resisting material, ametal plate embedded in one end of said base and projecting therebeyond,an upstanding flange at the outer edge of said plate in spaced relationto the adjacent end of said base, a curling rod anchor pin pivotallymounted between said flange and adjacent end of said base for lateralswinging movement to an operative upstanding position to releasablyreceive one end of a curling rod, or to .said pin to limit the movementof said pin to upstanding position.

3. Hair waving apparatus comprising in combination, a hair clampingdevice for clamping engagement with the base end of a strand of hairtobe curled, said hair clamping device including a pair of coactingelongated jaw members pivotally connected at one of their ends, said jawmembers being free of any curling rod bearings, a pin member pivotallymounted atone end of said hair clamping device for swinging movementtransversely thereof, a hair curling rod including a spindle memberabout which hair to be curled is adapted to be wound, a bearing memberrotatably mounted at one end of said spindle member and having crossedslots in the outer end thereof, ratchet means operatively connectingsaid bearing member and spindle member together for turning movementrelative to each other during a winding operation of said spindlemember, said upon said spindle member to be received in one of saidcrossed slots at one end of said curling rod to enable manual turning ofthe other end of said curling rod to efiect a tensioning of the woundhair upon said curling rod, said curling rod being separable from saidpin member when the wound hair is tensioned thereon by manually shiftingsaid curling rod longitudinally with respect to said clamping device.

4. In hair waving apparatus, a hair clamping device comprising incombination, a pair of flat elongated jaw members pivotally connectedtogether at one of their ends, said jaw members being free of anyupstanding curling rod bearings, releasable means at the other end ofsaid jaw members for securing the same in closed position, a curling rodanchor pin pivoted to said hair clamping device at one end thereof, saidanchor pin being so pivoted as to swing transversely with respect tosaid jaw members whereby the slotted end of a hair curling rod may beoperatively connected with said anchor pin or disconnected therefrom byshifting the curling rod longitudinally relative to said jaw members.

PLATON' CONSTANTINE.

